Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

WAR ST StSlTl , *V J Ult il v o tts li in r P. A. McDavid in vj.rite my return from the third bat o: MauasNas, I have been asked to wrk-J something for the newspapers. I saw very little of the mancuvres of the 'hird battle, for ? WP.S more inter ested in visiting the old battle field of July 21, 1801. Prom my obser vations 1 consider tho whole thine; a farce-a largo expenditure of money that aiigbt have been used in a better .ause. From what I saw of thc infantry regiments from different States, there was little disoiplinc. There was more ?"?:ur6?Dg, swearing and obscene lan guage used than I ever heard before io the fame length of time and worst Jf all, in the presence of the offiocrs, ^without the least rebuke r>r censure. We hod no profanity, or very .-ittle, -during the sixties, cursing or vulgar ity in our ranks, and never in tho ^pr?sence of the officers. (Jar chap lains "beid prayer meetings and preach ed to us often at night and generally .on the Sabbath day. I never heard *a prayer -nor a sermon during the anc aholc time we were encamped on ethe last occasion. il did not see the maneuvers of the ??hird battle-no different from the r?rst battle! I imagine if this last .were real war, and that Stewart and Clampton would be oa the flank, awhile Longstreet would be charging hia from the front. il ?went again to Stone Bridge, and -?aw some Texans, who had just come out of the old, sluggish stream of >BaIl Bun. One had an old musket, and another a long, cone-shaped shell, .which they had fished out from where -.they had lain for forty-three years. The stook of the old gun was rotten, but the shell was well preserved, and .-?.che brass cap on the end was intact. 'The musket, I nuppooo was thrown into the stream by a Union soldier ?when he was fleeing from thc Confed erates. The shell, perhaps found its long rest there. From there I went to the plaoe where we camped the night before and the night after the battle. The same old syoamore trees Are standing on the banks of Young's brooch, and the place looks aa familiar .-aa it did forty-three years before. But I waB alone, and sad memories -crowded my brain I I remember what .transpired on this very spot and what 3iajor Whitner said the night before 4he battle : "There will be a Watetloo -tto-morrow," and how I saw in my imagination the flowing blood. I re ?Beinber how fervently the Rev. W. OS. Walters, our company chaplain, {gnayed for us that "?ht, and I also ^remembered that a. ?er all was o vor etta day after the battle-that a shell '?shat had been pioked up and waa ?being examined, was carelessly drop sied. It exploded at the feet of :Sesgt. Bellotto, tore off the foot of *Seqgt. Fuller and wounded one or two -others. 1 think my old friend, the late Col. -9. A. Hoyt, who waB a sergeant then, ccalled thc roll. Ho, too, has gone and -witt ?answer "here" up yonder. I cot stick from this sycamore duster, crossed the brooch and went to the wpolw*here Adjutant Samuel Wilkes ?was killed, near a spring where he ?had gone to get water about the dose of thc battle. His hone was killed ??ad ?Iso a little blaok rat terrier that ifcad tokes np with bim and followed in tattle. I went to the plaoe next day and saw the horse and dog ?lying dead, very dose together. The -survivors of the old Fourth will re member that Adjutant Wilkes was ^supposed to hove been killed abont ttfae time, or a little after the panio .Houle,plaoe, by a squad of Yankees at uthe-Bjiring. [ bad a ring made from tfhe hoof of his horse, but I cannot recall to whom I gave it to forward * to "his widow, but heard she never re ceived it. This place also looked .vow 'natural, but a considerable growth of cedars and other trooB has sprung up around the spot. The old \?dninson ^wase looks just as it did when Col. Thoma? carried the Pal . ?."netto Regiment around to the rear, ?..r?wflte we were hotly engaged, and ."where ?we killed the horses and per :* haps -6ome of the men of Picket's ' .Battery. Jim Robinson, who owned ' th?'?W&ae, was a free negro, and his - ?etoenJaBte -awn it and live there now. * Here i is where ?fohn Cochran was * WBcn&?u, and George Martin and my* ".Self oanrlcft 'him'to the field infirmary. I went to the -placers marked where /IfeeeffeU, aa be pointed to Jackson's -nacn-standlog Iik0 a stonewall, where * Oela.vlbaaaaf end Barton fell and E. l?truy^nritn waa wounded. All these points are on the Henry farm. The .old Henry house was burned. It was .**?. small house, only one room. Old ? lira. i. .cary was killed in th^s house. ; A sheP -crashed into it and exploded. Sh* was found dead in bed withont a mark on her person, lt is supposed ??fea concussion from the explosion of OR IBS. . r ii 7\ I S\ G reen ville Ncwi. thc Bhel! killed her. The Confed< soldiers buried her in thc yard ...J. the spot where Gen. Hampton was wounded, anda very j-rctty monument marks the spot. A pretty nice house is on the spot where the old one stood and is owned by a grandson of the wo man who was Rilled. At the time old Mrs. Henry was killed, a negro girl who waited on her, being frightened, ran under her bed, and was shot in the foot. I could tell of many things that would interest the old veterans, but fearing it would bc tiresome to the sons and daughters, I will close this by saying that the Orst battle of Ma nansas was opened and fought by the Fourth South Carolina Volunteers, assisted by Wheat's Battalion of Louisiana Tigers, and two guns of tho Loudon Battery, Col. J. B. E. Sloan commanding tho Fourth, Major Wheat the Tigers, and ail under the command of Gen. N. G. Kv ann. Tho first man killed was in this regiment and in the Palmetto Rifles. At the clone of twelve months the Fourth Regiment broke up and did not reorganize as a regiment. So this was its only hattie of much note. From tho ranks of this regiment some of the finest commands were organized. The Palmetto Sharp Shooters wero | i largely drawn from the old Fourth. This fine regiment was organized and | ] commanded by Col. ?V'.icah Jenkins, who mado an envious reputation. | , -mm? - R. E. Lee es Hodel for Orama. "I have been carefully Boanning the reporto from Manchuria since the first definite tidings began coming to tho newspapers, sod I am impressed with the remarkable similarity between the campaign of Field Marshal Oyama around Liao Yang and Gen. Robert E. Leo's strategy before the second battle of Manassas. "It is not unusual for officers com manding armies to study campaigns of the great commanders and the knowledge so acquired is frequently invaluable, especially where the topo graphical features are similar and the proportion between the opposing foroes bears a resemblance. To give an instance, just before the first bat tle of Manassas, when I was a young ataff officer, I visited Gen. Beauregard in his tent. I found him bending over the 'Campaigns of Napoleon. Of oourse, I do not know whether be gained any hint of value by his study, but thia instance fell under my own observation. 'It is no discredit to Oyama, there fore, to assume that he has studied Gen. Lee's strategy and grand taotios. There are so many points of resem blance that it would be difficult to ex plain them by the theory of ooinoi donoes. Gen. Lee paid great atten tion to his enemy's flanks; and, un less he was fighting a defensive bat tle, he always assaulted the right or left of his opponent. In his first bat tle after being placed in oommaud of the troops defending Richmond, he so manoeuvered as to crush McClellan's right. In his next fight, the second battle of Manassas, he turned the right flank of Pope's army. Oyama has beon doing the same against Kuropatkin and has met with tho same suooess. ' "I was particularly impressed with the strategy displayed by Field Mar shal Oyama in his manoeuvres .on the front and flank of Kuropatkin's army at Liao Yang. It is almost an exaet front of Pope on the Rappahannook river, just before the aeoond battle of Mananas. The federal and southern a-.-mios were lying opposite eaoh other with the river flowing between them. Lee's army was divided into two oorps under Longstreet and Jaokson. Oyama's army Beems to have been divided into three under Oku, Nodsu and Kuroki. Leaving Longstreet on Pope's front SB Oyama left Oku and Nodsu, Lee directed Jaokson to move up the river, oross it and bring his whole oorps, if possible, in the rear of Pope's army. Concerning this march I am well informed becauge I accompanied Jaokson with my cavalry. After crossing the river Jackson moved almost at right angles with it until he got to a plaee oalled Gaines ville, where hen oamped for the night, after having marched 26 miles. The next day he turned exactly at right angles, passed through Thoroughfare Gap and struck the railroad between Pope's division and Washington at a place called Bristow station, 26 miles in the rear of Pope's oentre, where he bivouaeked for the night, having marched on those two hot' days io August PS miles. "On just about the same day of the same month 42 years later, under very similar conditions, Oyama dispatched Kuroki on an identical mission. Kuroki, circling Kuropatkin's left, r " - " ' ' 1 iii'' Tai ts o ?titi proceeded all igh: angles ; ? t!:'' river about "JO jib.>. Making a -hup turn to the ?.ft lie passel the irenui hiild to IC tOWU <-f Yotitai iirj thc r./ad to lukden, directly in the re.tr of Kuro !?. Vin, "Before Mantissas 1'ope was con ".opted with those alternatives - to Mic Kappanhannock and throw le loree on Longstreet and de ni if possible, or about face, . rob and concentrate his .1 Jackson, who was interrupt railway and telegraph comtuuni ations with his base, Alexandria and Washington. He decided on the lat .er courso and gave orders to concen ratc on Jackson atMauossas, whither ,he latter had gone fr^iu ilristow the lay after he reached the station, /ackson did not stay at Manassas, lowever, but 'doubled backed,' on ii? course and placed himself in posi ion to form a junction with Long street. Three days later tho two wings reunited under (Jen. Lee's com mand. "Now, just what marching and ?ountermarohing was done by Kuro!;i s not entirely clear from tho pub ished accounts, but it is evideut that ?ii" position to the rear of Kuropat cin's army with the main body of the Japanese army .io font and concen trating at the same objective point, was very effective and probably con tributed in the largest degrees to the victory which the Japanese won. All examination of the newspaper maps shows bow similar Oyama's contests with Kuropatkin at Lino Yang and on the Tailse river were to Lea's manoeuvres in front of Pope on the Rappahaonook. Kuroki is the Stone ball Jackson of Oyama's army, for prhilo Oyama was in front of Kuro patkin, Kuroki planted himself at his rear. Oyama evidently had the idea that Qen. Lae bad, namely-that his opponent would be obliged to leave the river and that Kuroki would bo in a position to attack and oheck him should he retreat to Mukden, as Jack ion oheoked Pope until Longstreet's j division could arrive, and the two under Gen. Lee oould make the bat tle. "Advices from the east reported Kuropatkin's army in full retreat to Mukden, just as Pope's army retreat ad to Washington. "It is rather odd that the Manchu rian duplioate of the Virginia battle oho old occur just 42 years almost to a day after the original, and that about the same time, the soldiers from the North and South should be fighting a peaceful battle on the very ground where Pope and Lee oontended. It is also curious that the only civilized nation which had no reprsentative at the manoeuvres should be Japan, who in my opinion, has re-enacted Manas sas.'^__ _?_ Indian Doctors of Old. Unduobtedly the American Indian in his primeval state was a fine speci men of physical manhood. Dr. E. J Kemp?, who has made a oarefai in vestigation into frontier history, has found that before the Indians were oontaminated by ihr white race they ???? never afilie tad with .smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, gout, sourvy, insanity, nervous disease, nor any other of the ills and blood affeotiona which have in late years made suoh terrible inroads npon the numbers and ritality of the red men of this coun try. The only bodily afflictions wihoh Dr. Kampf reports to the Medical Be sord that he found among the aborig ines were fovero and diseases produo sd by oolds, suoh as pleurisy, pneu monia, rheumatism, dysentery and irounds from aeoidents of battle. Natu rally, the remedies of the Indians were ?mple and few in number. When sick an Indian refused all kinds of itimulatiog aliments, but drank pro 'usely of oold water. In addition to .his, in proper oases the Indian re torted to sweating, purging, vomiting md bleeding, and finally, when all remedies seemed to be ineffectual, Aha nedioine man was called in to try his tmolets and incantations on the pa* tient* These methods of oure are still re torted to among blanket Indians, who ire removed from the influences of liviliiation. Bot before we smile >r condemn these praotioes we should tonsider our own history. It was only i f?w generations ago that our ideas >f medicino were almost as ?rUu? as ?hose of the Indians. The more in telligent of the white peoplo then, of 5ourse, did not resort to magio and noantations, but the concoctions fhich they manufactured to oure liseases almost pass belief. Oliver rVcndell Holmes, in his "Medical His tory of Massachusetts," has made a permanent record of some of the prac .ices then prevailing among theoolon sts. Governor Winthrop waa a de rout believer in the effioaoy of BOW* jugs, while the Rev. Cotton Mather ised upon his siok friends suoh ab* turd and foul pallete and medicaments it no Indian ever dreamed of.-Ken ias City Star. BLI?I? _i^IHMiifts la* Aircg wn?k Strap Cb I ld rou to Hoards. I'rof. Frederick Starr says in the Times-1 >ispatch: V'oung mothers Btrap your babies to your bucks lito ihe old ti:uc lodiau Hiuaw did. Vou are deforming your children by permitting them to crawl or loddie about. Their legs are weak. Their shoulders are stooped like thoso of infirm old men. Their legs aro bowed. Fasten the child to a board. Strap the legs together Btraight and firm; and Ktrap his Shoulders so that he will develop Ilk? an Indian. I have watched the young people around me getting more and moro stoop shouldered. Kioh year it sterns to mc that they are bending over far ther. The board thc Indian mother carries on her back is a simple affair. It is three feet and a half long and about 18 inches wide. It is swung over the shoulders and hangs down the baok. A harness-like arrangement makes thc weight fall easily, and it is well distributed. ! The child should be put on a board just about the timo it begins to'crawl. Two straps come criss-cross ovor the chest and keep the shoulders pressed tight against the board. Two more criss-cross straps come over the thighs and also lead tc keep tho knee iv shape. Then, at the bottom, a straf is bound over the little one's ankle, All the time the baby's back is to ward that of its mother. As to clothing, I advise as little at possible. Bring the child np io b< accustomed to weather. Io summei a light cloth forraizsj^&ag, with th< board as one sids, is bast. Io wintei the cloth should be changed to i blanket. The Indian woman walks with ar easy, swinging stride. Her srss -r not tired; her sides do not coho; he back is not lame. Now let os look at the moderi mother's Way of doing things. Th infant is sprawling around on the flooi Sometimes it is heaped np with cloth ing and sometimes it is not. Yel when crawling, its hands are on th floor and its shoulders droop. When if not in babyhood, do the mas?le begin to assume definite shape There are the dorsal mossies and th lumbar mas?les. As the ohild sprawl those are strained and palled oat < shape. Pretty soon, when mamma iso' looking, the ohild grabs hold of som< thing and stands opon its feet, wit a heavy head and body that are eith< foroing the knees outward or in wai -anyway making them unshaped The ankles also are weakened. Now, I want it understood that do not advocate keeping a baby ti? down all the time. Neither does tl Indian mother. There are slim; certain periods of the day wheo tl I baby is not strapped, and, und watohf ul care, is allowed to roll aroa? and squawk and orow all it wants. When it is time for the baby to j baok into the straps, if any masc has been strsined it soon gets btv into the natural shape. In most oooea the little one shoo be earried on the baok in this mano until about a year old. Then it 1 gias to get strong enough to walk, ai the experiment should be made, b not repeated too often at first. A other thing that may seem remarkat to young mothers today-the Indi babe walks muoh earlier than the a erage white ohild. The reason is a parent. The white ohild weakeos self when a few months old, and hen is slower in getting about. I have never known a oase io t east where a woman had tba coora to rear her little ones Indian fashic but tbc wife of Major Harris iti a -tri ki Dir example of what a mother eau co. Where bbc got the idea I do not Know, nut X oUppcsc it r?as from sec- j ing thc strong, healthy iittie Indiana romping around near frontier aimy posts, while the carefully reared white child looked ill in comparison. At any rate, she made the experiment with one of her children. He was strapped up, and despite the amuse ment of the other women at the posts rihe kept him that way. I suppose the public will laugh at this theory, if you want to call ii tuai. It is really not a theory, but an actual fact. Those who have been in tho west and seen Indian children, with every limb straight and strong, and every muscle and bono perfect, would not laugh to see the parks in all the cities filled with mothers and numery maids with children swinging on boards at their baoks, instead of moth er or maid and a lot of bowlegged in fants waddling about them. He Would Take No Chances. Two men in the west were to be hanged for horse stealing. The plaoe seleoted was the middle of a trestle bridge spanning a river. The rope was not securely tied on the first man to be dropped and the knot slipped; the man fell into the river and imme diately swam for tho shore. As they were adjusting the rope for the second' man, an Irishman, ^o remarked: "Will yes be sure and tie that good and tight, 'canse I can't swim." M118. CARLTON'S WONDERFUL STORY. Maine Woman's Thrilling Experience Duplicated in Anderson. There are scores of families tn An derson and near by towns who will read with interest, the wonderful ex perience of Mrsi A. L. Carlton, ono of the heit known women in Rockland, Me. Her statements are confirmed by the physicians who treated her and by C. JU, Pendleton, the drug gist who sold her Mi-o-na, nature's oura for dyspepsia. Mrs. Carlton says : "I suffered with stomach trouble for eight years, grow ing worse all the time. Three of the best doctoro in Maine diagnosed my caso as oancer of the stomach and de clared I could not live two months. Utterly discouraged with their treat ment, I began to use Mi-o-na and commenced to gain at onoe. At this time, I was roduoed to almost skin and bones, as I had lost nearly 100 pounds during my siokness, but when I began to take Mi-o-na, my flesh was built up and I gained 22} lbs. the first month. When I discharged my phy sicians, I Was suffering great pain and distress, and vomiting from two to six; times a day, but after the first weeks nie of Ml-o-na, th? pain ceased and the vomiting stopped entirely. I have taken only six paoksgss of these wondeifol tablets, but my health it about rostered and I firmly believe thai Mi-o-ua saved my lifo." Evana Pharmacy ara loeal agents for Mi-o-na, which sells fer 50 cants a box, and offer il onde? personal guar antee that if it dose not cara1 the worst form of stomach trouble and re sulting disorders, the money will ba refunded* II m? \ -Thc fellow who vins a girls hand feels that hs carries off thc palm. -?IV* easy enough to bc pleasant if you strays hate yoar ois way. - A man can't help wondering if ?women ever really fool cash other ' with their kisses. -?Even flattery stay begin at \ home. _ GET THE HABIT! To Buy Your Shoes THE BOSTON SHOE STORE 1 WE have the strongest line of Boys' and Children's Shoes 4 that ever came to Anderson. You find ?ho best P!ofr Shoe to the v?iy Btt?st Drea Bhoe= We sell only Shoes which wo cnn guarantee. Why should jo* boy others when you . can get the VERY ^ BEST wear nt the very least money. Do not bay before you have sosa our Shoes. Buy four Shoes ia a Shoe Btoro, Ton get tho right fit? If you have corns or bunions wo car? shape your Shoe? so that T*U will bo relieved of pain. We have a Shoe for Sunday. We have a pair for LtoiSay for work. Surely we have a pair to please you.. Respectfully, MARTIN SELIGE AN. Next to the Zarmors and Merchants Bank. ANfegctablePreparationforAs- ? ainiiia?ing ?ieFoodandKe?u?a--' ling ihc Stomachs oMBowels of J Nr\\N I S ^( HI hi) K K N Promotes D?jgcslion.Cheerfur ness and Rest.Con (at rs neither Omum.Morpliine nor Mineral. NOT NARC OTIC. Ato?rw cfO?iJfrSAMUILPiTCllEIt flmmmMm Seul' ' r JW * A perfect Remedy forConstipa non, Sour 3toava?li,Dianitoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness ond Loss OP SLEEP. F?? Simm 3 rg natur* or Ao IUKIA For Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought K t : is t s Car Load Studetvalr er Wagons just arriyed. Car pf Kentucky, Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagons to arrive. Also, three cars of Buggies. Carriages, Surreys and pleas ure Vehicles generally. Call and see us. FRET WELL - HANKS CO. ONE CAB OF HO& FEED. Have jost received one Gar Load of HOG FEED (Shorts) at vetj close prices. Come before they are all gone. Now is the time for throwing LIME Around your premises to prevent n case of fever or nome other disease, that will cost you very much more than the price of a bimi Of Lime (81.00.) We have a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad to send you sora e. If voa contemplate building a barn or any other building, soe us before buying your an? HME, .Aa we sell the very beat qualities ozfg. O. D. ANDERSON, Cte Milburn Wagons Jual received. Don't fell to look at oar stock hafcre buying. I abo ed! tbs osTebrated Wgh g%adejrtuwantoed Wheeler & Wil son SEWING MA" tk?ualtBRna. BUGGY, WAGON and HARNESS TAIE. We have a complete Imo ox the latest styles of Buggies, Bea zero, Runabouts, in fact everything in the Boggy asa Harnea line. \ Pikes and terms right on 8. FOWL?BS.-' A. C. STRICKLAND, DENTIST. OfRcs Over Formera sid Herefcaafs Bank.' 8FBOIAL attention given ft? tho higher classes of Dental work. Crowns, Brioles All kinda of Platea mada. Gold Fill ings in artlfloial teeth any fckno after Piatas are made. '? .7>^^ Oxygon Gas and Local Ansmmth?u~m ^SS^ fl Attraction or U?tnT B^ln? and dfseaeed gam* treated. . ?g? Ali calla to tho ocuntry and near* ^t?JSanL 7a coat^m .VV; A LONS LOOK AHEAD AmantSunks it h when the niatter^oflS tfcsead when war; flood, hurricane and fire roddenly ovejtekes yon, and the only way ^^I^S^y^^1* ^"htofa cilita Drop in and see ns about it 1 STATE ACKBrt,